English - Leader | October 14, 1644 - July 30, 1718
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
William Penn
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He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
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Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.
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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
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Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
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True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.
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Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
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Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
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Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
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A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
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To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.
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